Hinge for suitcases.



Li C. SCHWENSEN.-

HxNGEvroR suncAses. APPLICATION HIED AUGJS. 19|?.

1,276,273. mme@ Aug. 2o, 1918.

M. M1 N LOUIS QSCHWENSEN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEWYYORK.

HINGE FOR SUITCASES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 20,

Application filed August 15, 1917. Serial No. 186,375.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis C. SGHWENSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn in the county of Kings, State. of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges for Suitcases, ofwhich the' following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the gures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in hinges and more particularly to hinges adapted for use on suit cases.

An object of the invention is to provide a hinge for the cover of a suit case, made from a single sheet of metal and fastened to the cover and case by a single bolt or rivet, and so constructed and arranged that the rivet and practically the whole link is covered by the cover when the same is closed.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a simple, effective and durable link connection of this character which can be readily applied to a case or boX and at the same time obtaining a great saving in material in the manufacture of the same.

In the accompanying drawings,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a suit case showing the cover opening and my improved link connection applied thereto;

F ig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the hinge applied, showing the case and cover broken away;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view similar to Fig.. 2, showing the cover closed;

Fig. 4L is a plan View of the blank forming the hinge;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the blank bent into the form of the hinge, ready to be applied; and

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a modified form of blank forming the link connection.

Referring now to the drawings, lrepresents the body of the suit case, which is of the usual rectangular form and closed by the cover 2, having the usual flange 3 adapted to pass on the outside of the body portion, all of which is well understood and needs, no further description.

The plate 4 of which my complete link connection is formed, is stamped from sheet 'metal and comprises the central body portion 5 having a central opening 6, through a which the securing rivet or bolt passes, as will be later described. The said body portion is of an elongated form and having at one end an elongated tongue 7 bent upwardly and provided with an opening 8 arranged opposite the opening 6 in the body portion, said tongue being spaced from the body portion as shown in Fig. 4: of the drawings. The opposite end of the body portion is provided with a tongue 9 having an enlarged outer end 10 provided with a central opening 11. The tongue 9 is bent downwardly on the rear of the body portion with the opening ll opposite the opening 6 in the body portion and through which passes the securing rivet or bolt.

The plate having been formed as shown in Fig. 5, the same is slipped over the upper edge of the sides ofthe suit case, with the enlarged portion 10 on the inside of the side of the case and the body portion on the outside. The side flange 3 of the cover 2 is provided with an elongated opening 12, through which the tongue 7 in its bent up position passes.k The rivet o-r bolt 13 passes through the opening 8 in the tongue 7, through the opening 6 in the body portion 5, through the side of the case and through the o ening 11 in the enlarged portion 10 carried by the tongue 9 and fastened on the inside, drawing the upper end of the tongue rmly against the body portion 5, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The flange' 3. of the cover is of a width equal to the distance between the looped end of the tongue 7 and the looped end of the tongue 9, so that the cover is free to close when swung over, as shown in Fig. 3.

By my construction it will be seen that I have produceda hinge in which the flange of the cover practically covers all portions of the same carried by the body of the suit case and madefrom a single sheet of metal and at the same time greatly reduces the amount ofmetal utilized in the manufacture by the upper end of lthe body portion and ,the link to the cover and wall lof the suit spaced therefrom7 an upwardly bent tongue easel M5' carried by the lower end of the body portion n testimony whereof I :Linx my signature and extending abone the lower end ,of l:the in the presenoeof two witnesses.

5 downwardly bent tongue, and a single rivet LOUIS C. SCHVENSEN.

passing through the outer tongue, the vbody Witnesses: portion, the wall of the suit ease and the H. HOWARD HELLER, inner downwardly bent tongue and securing R. J. Pn'rTnRsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

